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23,1932- J. A. SMITH 1,873,226

YAPER SHEET HOLDER Filed March 50. 1951 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES .QFFIVCEQ JACOB A. SMITH, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeIIoR T MAYER MANUFA IIIR LI Cong IORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINoIs' PAPER sunny CLDER i Application filed March 30, 1 9 31. "seri l No.- 526,220,

M T invention relates to means for securing paper sheets to a backing member usually in the form of a metal plate and has for its principal purpose the provision of a novel '5 securing means which enables me to so secure the sheets as to give a neat finished ap-. pearance thereto without any showing of the openings provided in the sheetsfor the securing member.

More particularly it is a purpose of my invention to provide a novel means whereby V the securing strip used to secure the paper sheets to the backing may be made to completely cover the aperture in the paper and the backing so that from the paper side no aperture is visible.

I will describe the preferred form of my invention by reference to the accompanying drawing whereinsuch as is used for calendars embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2+2 of Fig. 1;

F' g. 3 is a similar section showing the completed article;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail enlarged to show the appearance of the pad when secured in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of the securing stra, p

Referring now in detail to the drawing,the numeral 6 refers to the backing member which may be of any suitable sheet material such for instance as sheet metal, and to this backing member the sheets 7 are secured by means of the securing strap 8. In general, the manner of securing is as follows: The backing member and the sheets are all punched with spaced apertures and the strap 8 is provided with a downturned tip portion which goes through the apertures provided and is clinched over on the back as indicated at 10 in Fig. 3.

The holes punched, however, are round, and heretofore it has been diflicult to obscure these round holes by means of thestrap to present a suitable appearance. In order to accomplish the covering of the holes, I preferably make the strap slightly long with respect to the distance from outside to outside of the Fig. 1 is a plan view of the paper pad holes and in addition thereto I make it slight-. ly wider than the diameterof the holes round ingtheends as shown at 11 in Figs. 4 and 5 Then the downturned tip portion 9 extends,

from theextreme end of the rounded portion v 7 11 and is curved upon anarc of a circle so as..gto just fit-againstthe wall of the round" hole providedinthe sheetsfandbacking.

It-is believed to 'be obvious, therefore, that a if inassembling the devicethe tip 9 is forced e0 firmly up againstthe outer wall of the open'-, ing as indicated at 12 in Fig. 3, the strap will substantially obscure the opening in the paper iand give the appearance desiredr In order-to be'sure that the strap does force its, 85 tip outwardly soas" to close the opening, thestrap in assembling is made at least as long 7 as the distance from the remote edges of the two holes in the paper and backing and pref- I erably just slightly greaterqthan this dis- 70. tance. a f Then in assembling,the strap is bowed up. as indicated in Fig. 2 to permit ready insers tion of-its tips'9 into the openings and after:

ward the strap is caused to crowd-"against the outsideedges of the holesbyrunning the as semblythrough flatteningrolls to level the; strapdown tightly against the pad. Fromthe above description, it is believed that the structure and advantages of thisdevice will be clear to those skilledinthe art. I '.Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto. secure byrLetters-Patenti's: f f 1.- ALdeVice of. the character described comprisin abackin member, a bundle of leaved pad, said pad and member having aligning spaced apertures of rounded form, and securing means comprising an elongated sidetooutside greater than eomprisin leaved pad, said pad and member having metal strip of width at least slightly greater than the width of the apertures, said strip having down-turned tip portions curved transversely to fit against the outer walls of said apertures and forced against said walls by said strip, said strip having: mutated; end portions. 1

3. A device of the character described comprising a. backing member, a multipleleaved pad, padlandflmember having ali 'ning spaced apertures of rounded form, an .securlng means compri gated metal strip of width at least slightly the widtlioithie apertures, down-turned tip portions, and

at least as long as the outdistancebetween said aper tures whereby to forcethe tips againstthe outer'wal-l o-fthe apertures.

4 A device of the r character described comprising a backing member, a; multipleleaved pad, said pad and member having" aligning" spaced apertures of rounded form,

and seeurlng means comprising'an' elnngated strip having said strip being 5 met'aP strip of width at least slightly greater than the width of the apertures, said strip having down-turned tip portions, and said stripbeing at least aslon'g as the out'si'de to outside distance between said apertures force the tips against the outer wall of theapertures, said tips being-"cu-1'ved transversely to fit the outer walls oi said apertures;

5; A device of the character describedg a backing member, a multiplealigningspaced apertures of rounded tom,

and securing means comprising an elongated? metal strip ofwidth at least slightly greater than the width of the apertures,

havingdewn-turn'ed tip portions, and said" said strip strip being atleasfl as long as-the outside-to: outside distance between said apertureswliereby to force the tips against the outer wall of the apertures, said tipsbeing curved" transversely to fit the outer walls of said apertures, and said strip having rounded ends for covering said apertures, I In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 19th day of March, D, 1931. JAOGB A. SMITH.

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